Juan G[onzález-Blanco]. de Luaces: El traductor desconocido de la posguerra Española

Abstract

Not much has been written about the most prolific translator of post-war Spain: Juan G[onzález-Blanco]. de Luaces. During the forties he published more than a hundred translations into Spanish. Biographer, novelist and poet, Luaces was one more example of an intellectual whose career was cut short after the victory of the "nationalists" and the establishment of the Franco dictatorship. The severe censorship imposed at all levels forced him to leave aside his job as a writer to devote practically his entire life to translating in order to maintain his family. The main purpose of the following article is to offer a biographical account of a forgotten Spaniard in an attempt to contribute, albeit modestly, to recovering the country's historical memory.